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(Note – SBH – This page should be read in conjunction with the pages dedicated to the Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works and the Fauldhead Collieries Brick Works) 1885 – 1891 The history of Sanquhar – Buccleuch Terracotta Works – Meanwhile, a lease of the original brick field, which belongs to the Duke of Buccleuch,…

Found at an unknown location in Scotland and kindly donated by Nick Basden. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. This is a minature baby brick. It is also a ‘stop end’ brick. . . . . Below – A similar sized brick without the ‘stop end’. This was found by Joan Faithfull.

Found by Michael Fallone in the Glasgow area. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire. This example has a chamfered end. . . . . Below – The above brick was found in the same demolition rubble as the brick below and thus both stamps are very likely to have been produced from the same era…Buccleuch…

Found by Eddie McLean in the Glasgow area. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.. The brick has the same stamp to both sides. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a salt glazed paver or byre brick. Found in Ayrshire by John (Ian) Jones, Ayrshire. .

Found Wishaw. Buccleuch Terra Cotta Works, Sanquhar, Dumfries-shire. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a brick but it has also been restamped for some reason. Double stamped with 2 different sized stamps. Found in Stranraer by Tucker Kennedy Below – The same stamp on a shaped brick but it has also…

(Note – SBH – There is some confusion regarding bricks stamped AFTON with regards their exact origins. There was the Afton Brick and Tile Works at New Cumnock, the owners of which opened a brickworks at Sanquhar in 1852 and then much later there was the Afton Brick Company Limited which operated the brickworks at…

Found in the River Irvine, Galston. Sanquhar Brick & Tile Works, Dumfriesshire. Brodie paver – 8 squares – J Brodie Ltd Sanquhar NB. . . . . Below – The same stamp on a special shape. Sanquhar Brick and Tile Works, Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire. This example is not in my possession This is currently in the…